Bland family name history
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Bland in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 107 people named Bland in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 52 men and 55 women.
Counties with Bland in Ireland
Dublin was Bland country: 28% of them (30 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cork (21), Laois (20), Kerry (11) and Leitrim (7).
Bland average age in 1911
The average Bland in 1911 was 29.0 years old, 28.8 for men and 29.2 for women; almost exactly in line with the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Bland literacy in 1911
Of the Blands whose literacy was recorded, 84.2% could both read and write, 2% could read but not write, and 13.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 88.5% reading and writing against 79.6% of men. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Bland common first names
The most common male names were William (5), James, Thomas, Joseph and Patrick. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Ellen, Bridget, Kate and Annie.
Bland occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bland's census form was "Scholar"; 19.6% (21) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (4.7%), retired / pensioner (3.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.7%) and carter / driver / groom (2.8%). Grouped by sector, professional accounted for 6.5% of all Blands, followed by domestic service, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Bland?
Most Blands, 58.9%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (33.6%), Non-Conformist (3.7%), Plymouth Brethren (1.9%) and Quaker (0.9%).
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Bland statistics (1911)
Number: 107
Rank: 3,697
Average Age: 29
Blandin the USA (2020)
Number: 25,402
Rank: 1,357
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
